Suggestions for locations & opportunities please
Hi,
As I'm sure you see a lot in these forums, I'm a 24 year old guy that's looking to attempt to find some opportunities in the gulf region. I have been reading forums and googling job opportunities on sites like gulftalent.com and naukrigulf.com, but basically I'm a little lost and would appreciate any help. Just for some background, I'm a grad with good grades and a couple of years experience as a software engineer in java (J2EE, JBoss etc.). I have a long term partner who is a Yemeni national that is due to qualify as an immigration lawyer in August, 3 days before her work sponsorship in the UK is not renewed and she has to go back. I will finish my job at a similar time. She's keen on attempting to find work in the Gulf with me, trying to utilise her Arabic language. She favours places like Kuwait and Qatar. I realise from browsing we're both a bit under experienced to find work like this, most things seem to require 3 years minimum, even though I feel I've progressed quite far in my 2 years, this isn't enough. In light of this situation does anyone have suggestions for good locations for jobs? Ease of getting visas? Cheaper living etc...Advice and help? Due to our partnership, going to Yemen is not much of an option being known in the community. Somewhere liberal enough to turn a blind eye would be good. I have considered Asia but it seems unless I want to teach English or work for very low chinese programmer wages I have little chance. Thanks |
Re: Suggestions for locations & opportunities please
Nowhere in the Middle East is what you would term as liberal.
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Re: Suggestions for locations & opportunities please
Originally Posted by ljb26
(Post 7772381)
Hi,
As I'm sure you see a lot in these forums, I'm a 24 year old guy that's looking to attempt to find some opportunities in the gulf region. I have been reading forums and googling job opportunities on sites like gulftalent.com and naukrigulf.com, but basically I'm a little lost and would appreciate any help. Just for some background, I'm a grad with good grades and a couple of years experience as a software engineer in java (J2EE, JBoss etc.). I have a long term partner who is a Yemeni national that is due to qualify as an immigration lawyer in August, 3 days before her work sponsorship in the UK is not renewed and she has to go back. I will finish my job at a similar time. She's keen on attempting to find work in the Gulf with me, trying to utilise her Arabic language. She favours places like Kuwait and Qatar. I realise from browsing we're both a bit under experienced to find work like this, most things seem to require 3 years minimum, even though I feel I've progressed quite far in my 2 years, this isn't enough. In light of this situation does anyone have suggestions for good locations for jobs? Ease of getting visas? Cheaper living etc...Advice and help? Due to our partnership, going to Yemen is not much of an option being known in the community. Somewhere liberal enough to turn a blind eye would be good. I have considered Asia but it seems unless I want to teach English or work for very low chinese programmer wages I have little chance. Thanks |
Re: Suggestions for locations & opportunities please
Originally Posted by ljb26
(Post 7772381)
Hi,
As I'm sure you see a lot in these forums, I'm a 24 year old guy that's looking to attempt to find some opportunities in the gulf region. I have been reading forums and googling job opportunities on sites like gulftalent.com and naukrigulf.com, but basically I'm a little lost and would appreciate any help. Just for some background, I'm a grad with good grades and a couple of years experience as a software engineer in java (J2EE, JBoss etc.). I have a long term partner who is a Yemeni national that is due to qualify as an immigration lawyer in August, 3 days before her work sponsorship in the UK is not renewed and she has to go back. I will finish my job at a similar time. She's keen on attempting to find work in the Gulf with me, trying to utilise her Arabic language. She favours places like Kuwait and Qatar. I realise from browsing we're both a bit under experienced to find work like this, most things seem to require 3 years minimum, even though I feel I've progressed quite far in my 2 years, this isn't enough. In light of this situation does anyone have suggestions for good locations for jobs? Ease of getting visas? Cheaper living etc...Advice and help? Due to our partnership, going to Yemen is not much of an option being known in the community. Somewhere liberal enough to turn a blind eye would be good. I have considered Asia but it seems unless I want to teach English or work for very low chinese programmer wages I have little chance. Thanks |
Re: Suggestions for locations & opportunities please
Originally Posted by TGFKASE
(Post 7773882)
Can't speak about the work side, but I CAN tell you that it is nigh on impossible for a Yemeni national to get an entry visa into the UAE.. I have been trying to get visa's for people to attend courses etc and every Yemeni I attempt to get into Dubai gets knocked back....
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Re: Suggestions for locations & opportunities please
Originally Posted by TGFKASE
(Post 7773882)
Can't speak about the work side, but I CAN tell you that it is nigh on impossible for a Yemeni national to get an entry visa into the UAE.. I have been trying to get visa's for people to attend courses etc and every Yemeni I attempt to get into Dubai gets knocked back....
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Re: Suggestions for locations & opportunities please
Originally Posted by Roadking
(Post 7773946)
Yep, totally agree. We tried everything to get one Yemeni guy in and failed, no hope!
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Re: Suggestions for locations & opportunities please
Originally Posted by Blue Cat
(Post 7774036)
why though? why doesn't the UAE like Yemeni's
MM, xx |
Re: Suggestions for locations & opportunities please
Originally Posted by Madam Medusa
(Post 7774044)
lot's of political differences...it's not part of the gcc for starters (although is trying to be, so maybe things will change)...
MM, xx ...or it could be that there's a population of 20 million in Yemen and 50 million guns! |
Re: Suggestions for locations & opportunities please
Originally Posted by Blue Cat
(Post 7774036)
why though? why doesn't the UAE like Yemeni's
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Re: Suggestions for locations & opportunities please
Originally Posted by busybee2
(Post 7774459)
i know people in abu dhabi that are from yemen and have been here as long as me prob more.
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Re: Suggestions for locations & opportunities please
Originally Posted by MataHari
(Post 7774542)
that's nice but it would have been more helpful if you knew people from Yemen that have only just arrived...
Had no idea they had so much trouble getting a visa! Must be like a Filipina going for a Schengen/US visa I guess :p |
Re: Suggestions for locations & opportunities please
Thankyou for your responses.
Meow I realise nowhere is liberal in a western sense, but I just mean slightly more liberal than Yemen, to accept us if we posed as a married couple. Meonline, thanks, I do know she is keen on Qatar. I just didn't see it come up much on the job sites. I'll look further now and see if I can find something. Thanks for the information on getting Visas. I do seem to get the impression Yemen seems to be looked down on a little by the other arab countries. Her immigration does not worry me as much due to a key fact I failed to mention. Her family has recently obtained American passports due to her father studying and living there for over 10 yrs. She should have hers within a couple of months hopefully. It also looks like her job opportunities as an arab speaking person with legal qualifications are more hopeful than mine. Any more information from any IT workers/developers would still be appreciated. Thanks for the help. |
Re: Suggestions for locations & opportunities please
If she's a long term partner (serious, is it?) just marry the damn girl and get her a proper western passport. Problem solved.
Originally Posted by ljb26
(Post 7775354)
Thankyou for your responses.
Meow I realise nowhere is liberal in a western sense, but I just mean slightly more liberal than Yemen, to accept us if we posed as a married couple. Meonline, thanks, I do know she is keen on Qatar. I just didn't see it come up much on the job sites. I'll look further now and see if I can find something. Thanks for the information on getting Visas. I do seem to get the impression Yemen seems to be looked down on a little by the other arab countries. Her immigration does not worry me as much due to a key fact I failed to mention. Her family has recently obtained American passports due to her father studying and living there for over 10 yrs. She should have hers within a couple of months hopefully. It also looks like her job opportunities as an arab speaking person with legal qualifications are more hopeful than mine. Any more information from any IT workers/developers would still be appreciated. Thanks for the help. |
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